11 Therefore also there will be a visitation among the idols of the nation, because, though formed of things which God created, they were made an abomination, stumbling blocks to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the foolish. (WEB) 12 For the devising of idols was the beginning of fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life. (WEB) 13 For they didn’t exist from the beginning, and they won’t exist forever. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 14:11–13
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